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A twelve day prelude moving across the city; a twelve-hour sound art
opera of betrayal and rebellion culminating in a spectacular series of
disturbing performances in Chelsea College of Art Parade Ground; a
one-day coda of debate.

Eric Kluitenberg is an independent theorist, writer, and organiser on culture, media and technology. He is the editor-in-chief of the Tactical Media Files, and a Research Fellow at the Institute of Network Cultures (2013). He teaches media
theory and history at the Art/Science Interfaculty in The Hague.

This discussion explores tactical media in contemporary culture and
social movements. In response to a deep economic, political, and
cultural crisis, new social movements are challenging the dominant
political and economic order. Tactical media, David Garcia says, has
emerged through, 'the impact of the rise of small-scale DIY media, tools
and networks in art, social and political activism, and the rise of new
social movements.' How can tactical media connect with and
re-contextualise the traditional methods of propaganda and create new
alternative forms of action for the future?

This guide is not a road map or instruction manual. It's a match struck
in the dark, a homemade multi-tool to help you carve out your own path
through the ruins of the present, warmed by the stories and strategies
of those who took Bertolt Brecht's words to heart: "Art is not a mirror
held up to reality, but a hammer with which to shape it."

Following the September 2009 roundtable conference organised by the World Information Institute in New York, the follow-up publication will be presented on Thursday April 15 at the New School University. The book launch hosted by Ted Byfield,
with remarks by Marco Deseriis (NYU), Steve Kurtz (Critical Art
Ensemble), Andy Bichlbaum (The Yes Men), Ken Wark (NSU), and Trebor
Scholz (NSU)Wollman Hall, New School University, 65West 11th St, 5th Floor, New York, NY.6:30 - 8:15 pm